Life in the north woods with three kids, two dogs, and one husband. We love to explore, imagine, create, laugh, and above all, we try to choose joy in every moment.

Sunday, May 3, 2009

In this moment

In this moment:

I am:: discovering spring again through my daughter's eyes

I am:: filled with gratitude for the little things

I am:: taking each step, one foot at a time.

I found this passage in the Parent's Tao Te Ching the other day and I'm letting the words sink in past my skin, past my mind, past the bones and muscles into that place where an inhale stops and an exhale begins.

"You do not have to make your childreninto wonderful people.You only have to remind them that they are wonderful people.If you do this consistentlyfrom the day they are bornthey will believe it easily.

You cannot force your will upon other human beings.You cannot hurry childrenalong the road to maturity.And the only step necessary on their long journey of life,is the next small one."

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